Posted by Wes Groleau on 01/20/06 04:08

fred-bloggs wrote:
> The USAGE document with my version 3.97 doesn't even mention --comp.

I haven't seen that. I just tried to make sense of the man page.

> Earlier you said that --comp 44 gave you 900 MB.

No, I specified --comp 442 and 44 and 48 and 50 but I got
a ratio of 44.13 each time--which would give approx. 904 MB
(That's the ratio from thew stereo original.)

>>I am going to try -b 24 and -b 16.
>
> 24 should give you about 675 MB, 16 about 450 MB.

Yep, that's what I figured after trying it on the largest file.

>>Are you sure about highpass ? I would expect lowpass.
>>(If you can call 5Khz "low")
>
> *lowpass*, my bad, sorry.

:-) that explains why the resulting file was 15 minutes of crickets.

I tried turning on VBR, but it made the file HUGE.

The size is OK for -b 24 --resamp 22.05 so if the words are
intelligible, I'll take it. I am really tired of wrestling
with this thing.

Thanks for all your help, though. I'd be in the padded room
by now if on my own.

--
Wes Groleau

Nobody believes a theoretical analysis -- except the guy who did it.
Everybody believes an experimental analysis -- except the guy who
did it.
-- Unknown

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